News X : In another big blow that has engulfed the cricket fraternity, Pakistan umpire Asad RAuf has been withdrawn by the ICC. The decision taken by the ICC in the light of media reports suggesting that Mumbai police are probing his alleged nexus into the fixing saga.
According to reports Asad received gifts from a bookie in Jaipur. The ICC did not mention what the Mumbai Police were reportedly investigating Rauf for, and said it had no further comment to make.
In the wake of reports that the Mumbai Police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf's activities, we feel that it is in Asad's best interests as well as those of the sport and the event itself, that he is withdrawn from participating in the ICC Champions Trophy," Dave Richardson, the ICC chief executive, said.
